Atoms do not coordinate in any way with refs or with agents. Their purpose is to be *independent* of other state.
Cheers, Stu > > IIRC, dispatching to agents (via send or send-off) during a > dosynconly happens if the transaction was successful (this was > discussed in > several places, though http://clojure.org/refs does not mention this; > maybe this should be included there, if this is really something that > is guaranteed). > > I'd like to know whether the same is true for using swap! on atoms > (i.e. if send(-off)s are only made when the operation succeeds). The > reason being that the documentation of swap! mentions that the > function may be applied more than once if the swap! fails. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
